Business Week had an interesting article on their website today, Twitter Changes the Game for Pitching, where they discussed four rules for delivering  effective business presentations:

1. Think visually
2. Cater to “clip culture
3. Create Twitter-length headlines
4. Practice regularly and incorporate feedback

While I teach business communication to MBA students, it struck me how useful they may be for education, especially for the adult and continuing education I regularly engage in. I am trying to be more visual in my slides, though I rarely (ok, never) embed videos in my work (mental note to self–try Zamzar.com). I do try to use message titles (focused and active titles that seek to engage and capture the main message of the slide) and I use an adapted version of Brookfield’s Critical Incident Questionnaire at the end of my classes for feedback.

I wonder, though, if I ever share and then discuss these concepts with my students to get their thoughts (as well as feedback)? No better time than to try in class tonight!

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I tried to vote this morning, but the line stretched for blocks and was hours long. I have never seen anything like it . . .

I would have stayed nevertheless, but I am responsible for setting up for a 9:00 meeting, so will go vote this afternoon. I am not voting from a sense of civic duty, but rather a frustration for how distraught we as a nation have become.